The true northerner. [volume], June 26, 1874, Image 6

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TUK IWOH8TKP.
Tbe ooafarwtoe inestluK through at last.
We boy amuini ths vestry MMm
To the irU oome tripping paat.
Like snow-birds willing to I mated.
Not braver he tht Lap the wall,
By level uiusket ttnhen litten,
Thau I, who Btappsd before Ml all.
Who lougwl to ' me K't the mil ten.
But uo, li bluaheil and took my arm !
We let tbe old folk have the highway,
ml Htarted toward the Maple luriii,
Along a kind of lOVSSS1 by-way.
I cant i eni(ml.ei what we aid,
Twaa notbliiK worth a 'iik r Mtory ;
.t t lint rude nth 1) wbli li we hjhhI,
MMi sll transformed and In a glory.
The auow wns tBaj beneath our fct,
The moon Mi fB. t In tieldM were gleaming,
,1 bMd aad tl'pel nlielt. r. .1 Mweet,
Her laee will. ) utli .ind lieultli WM beaming.
The little hand l lltsidn her muff
0, sculptor, if you could but mold It
So lightly touched my jacket cuff,
To keep it warm 1 had It lild it.
I'n have Iwi BM I here alone
Twaa love uiul M ar and triumph hleiulml,
At lat we rem lied UM f00tW0fB stone,
Where Jmt ilfhcioiiH journey ended.
The old folkn, too, wi re ti'nmst liome ;
Her dimpled band the kfttohM BafSfSf.
We beard the rotOOS nearer come.
Yet on Um BOi i miK we lingered.
She Hhtxik her llagirtl luun her hood.
And with it " l !i ink you, Ned," dmrn-uililed j
But yet 1 knew mIic undert tood
With what a daring wish I trembled.
A cloud pasil kindly overhead,
The moon was slyl) peeping through it,
Yet Ind iln face, an it it Maid.
"Come, now I r never, do it, do it.''
My lips till then bad only known
The kiHH of mother ami ot Muter :
But Homehow there upon her own
Hweet rosy darbug mouth I kissed her !
l'erhaH 'twan Ixiyioh love, yet Mill,
(, MMM! woman, weary lover !
To tool once more that fresh, wild thrill,
I'd glvo but who -an live youth over.
THE MlSllft OF MARSKIIiliFiS.
OH AIT KB I.
"Tn, Ton have bean very ill, my
child," Mid JWiuluuio (Juyot, a.s she held
the nrag to the boy's lijH.
"I can only remember that I seemed
to be burning up ; end my mouth is
still so dry end perched I" replied
Jeoqnee,
" You culled continually for water,
and would sonict .imes scream at tlie lop
of your voic. But, thank Heaven, you
are better now, deer; and the doctor
thiuks you will soon be well again."
M I am so thirsty I and I do not be
lieve another cup 01 water would do any
harm," said the led.
"No, Jeoqnee, not now," enewered
the mother, .soothingly. "You must
wait awhile. "
There wns knock at the front door.
Madame (luyot It ft the ehamher, and
found the doctor waiting to be admit
ted. After diverging about the in
valid, she a .Led, is there no means
of alleviating liis intense suffering from
thirsty"
" You may allow him to drink freely
now," returned the physician.
"But the water is exhausted, and the
authorities dole :t ut but onOB a day."
The doctor paused thoughtfully, end
said: "They are compelled to do so.
The drought continues ; and it is feared
the supply Will BOOn he whollv cut
oft"
"Jean thinks the tire hist night might
have been arrested but for the eeroitj
Of water. "
"No doubt of it," said the other,
curtly, as they went to the room in
which the petient ley.
Many days passed, and Jacques was
til confined to the house. His thirst
continued nnabeted ; end at length
Madame (luyot told him the reason she
was unable to satisfy it. He remained
silent tor a long time, ami at last in
quired, thoughtfully, " Mamma, does
every one snm r ,o much from thirst as
i dor
" A greet many people do, my son,"
rejoined the mother, "especially the
poor."
" Why mamma, I thought water was
free to all, Like eir end light Do peo
ple have bp buy it, like houses and
things to eat?"
" Not eieetly," she returned, a little
pUZ&led. was evidently a new
thought to m r. Atrer i minnle ahi
Dontinued, Weter la free. Jeoqnee ;
but the labor of procuring it must be
peid for. Th rich can afford to dig
wells; and yon know a few of the
wealthier class beve eaueduote, which
bring Wftte fr m iprittgl or lakes in the
oouilry. When there i e drought,
thoj i:e aiupiy supplied; while the
poor depend on the public wells, end
theee always :; (:;t lir.st."
" Why is there UO public aqueduct?"
uked the hid.
" Because thOM who feel the need of
it haven't the means to build one."
"Mamma," said Jacques, after a
pence, "you once told me that papa
was rich,
11 Tee, deer; but his factory was
burned down at, the time of the great
conflagration, ten years ago.
"Why didn't papa budd an aque
duct foe the poor wheu he was aide ?"
Mid the boy.
" It would ooet a great deal of money,
my child,' she replied, "un.l we did
not feel tbe MCd of it then."
" ff there bed been plant j of weter,
COnldn't his factory have been saved?"
"I'ethaps it might," responded the
mother; "for it was believed at the
time that the lire would have been ex
tinguished if there had been a sufficient
suppl y of Weter. There had been a se-
fere drooghl that rammer end eutumn ;
and the null were afraid to allow the
Srenten to nee their reservoirs."
At that time Jean (luyot entered ;
and, as he conversed with his wife on
household mfttterft, da ques reclined on
a lounge by the open widow, absorbed
in thought.
Jecqnee' recovery wee slow; and his
rafltoing made a deep and lasting im
pression n hit miml. Finally they
eete OOmpelled to use water so muddy
and bfaOCiefa that even the swine would
hardly eC0Cp4 d, save in the last extrem
ity. The l y'i moral power came to his
aid, after the conversation above relat
u; and he struggled manfullv to con
quer by put e nee what appeared to hae
e other tmmedia remedy.
t'H AITKIt II.
A donen y. ltIs have elngatd sine the
pvent recorded m the last nW,
5" tadeed, His son ,s now a
.voting man of ,, and is standing hy
he very bed ,,, the little chambeV
where WC flrd na.de his acquaintance.
Madame Ouyot ,s IVM,g on the couch,
IM the ON doctOt is at .Jacques' ,,dr
" hear Jactjues, I am going," she
murmured, almost inaudibly ; " and yet
I would gladly have seen you and
Aunette marntsl before mv death ; but
Heaven's will be done." The son Aid
not reuly. He knelt by the bedside,
and held hie mother'i hand In his.
" It was your father wish," she con
tinued. " Vow were beWmibed Ul early
childhood. Her parent died soon after ;
and she went to live with her uncle, who
has m vcr favored your union." .Jacques
was still silent ; ami she proceeded.
"Since your illness, the year of the
last great drouglit, TOU are much
changed in character. You have grown
melancholy, and 1 have tried in vain to
bring lack your naturally cheerful tem
per. ReeeeeebCf By last request ; re
member your duty to Annette."
In a few days all was over, and the
young man was alone in the world ;
and yet why should he remain so ? Ho
had a COmforteble house to live in ; and
his prospects were better than those of
his el i s, for he w;is both industrious
and economical. Iu fact, he was al
ready known as penurious ; end people
said he was constantly growing like his
uncle an old miser who had lived in a
garret tor fifty years, and died very
rich, before Jeoqnei wee bonk
" He'll he a perfect old curmudgeon,"
a d M. Pardee to his wife, as Annette
WC! entering the house in company with
ahandsome young man. JcOQUCl had
just left and was still visible, walking
away from the house.
" What' a contrast '" leid Madame
Pardee. "And I flunk Victor is much
attached to the girl."
"Attached !" exclaimed the husband;
"of OOWTM he is. And he will soon be
come partner in the establishment
w here he is now employed. Qnyot if a
slow, timid fellow, who will never be
wa.rth anything, because he is afraid to
branch out."
" tJnele," said Annette, coming into
the room, " I have almost made up my
mind that TOO lire right. JeCQUOf
is so slow, and says he can
not a I lord to be married for a year or
two. The other girls are all getting
married ; and they say I am a fool to DC
so patient."
" Whenever you do make up your
mind, just let u know," said the uncle,
sternly.
Not long after Jacques received the
following note :
" DnAB Siu : Our patience is exhaust
ed. Annette wishes me to say that
your leel conversation with her had
brought her to a decision ; and that
your visits will be no longer agreeable,
unless you conclude to be marm d dur
ing the present year. Very truly yours,
"J am is I'akdre."
"Poor child !" saio Jacqnee to him
self. " 1 fear she is very weak, and has
been led away DJ the line Wolds of that
spendthrift. He peced the room nerv
ously, and then threw himself on the
lounge.
"1 had not the courage," he said,
thoughtfully, "to give her up, and with
her the hope of i happy home. But it
is her own choice; and now I can de
vote my whole life to that one purpose
formed so long ago."
OBAXTSB ill.
" Here cotnes old-dry hones !" cried a
ragged hoy to his mates, as they were
at play by the roadside. It was a gvod
many years after Annette's marriage.
" (me it to him!" shouted another,
as he picked up a handful of mud, and,
after rolling it into a ball, threw it at an
Old man who was passing by. At this
the boys all began to follow 1 he example
of their lender. Some threw sticks ;
some sand ami dirt : and tine or two
sent stones whining through the air.
' He's an old mis r '." exclaimed one
of'the lads. "Memme says he is."
" He is too mean and stingy to live,"
.said (me boy, better dressed t hail tilt.'
Others, " My grandmother says he
starved his mother lilly y ai. ago, and
has hated everybody ever since."
A crowd ul lirohiUI had now gathered
around the old man, ami some of them
had picked up long stick , with which
they annoyed him. One led had knocked
off his bet ; end, as the man stooped to
pick it up, the well-dressed boy struck
his cane, and knocked it Into the gutter.
Several dogs wi re in thecri wd; end the
boys ad (hem on the old man. At this
juncture e oerriege ocmo up, ami in it
there were two young Lukes, R man in
the prime of life end an old ledy.
Pepe' Mid one of the uiris. " can't
you make those rude hoys let the poor
men alone?" The gentlemen looked
out of the window, end said, "For
shame, lads, to tlOttblc a heiph ss old
man !"
' He's an old miser ! ' " He robs the
the poor !" "He lives in a garret!"
" He hates everybody !" ihonted many
rager Toioea, The old ledy looked out
and exd timed :
"Boor Jacques! for he it is, I am
sure ; DOW Changed I But the boys are
right ; he is a misr, and he never
speak-, to anyone If he sen avoid it."
" Do you know him, grandma ?" said
one of the young ladies.
"Yes, my dear." replied Annette;
for :t was she. M We were playmates
when we were children. Hut Jeoqnee
had a fever, and after thatgrew very odd
and melancholy. At last he began to
glow penurious ; end for many years he
lias been known as 'the noser.' 1 have
uot spoken tt) him since my marriage
which you know was fnty years ago to
day and have seen him only occasion
ally on tin: street."
PWO days I iter, a croud of perCOni
men, women and children might have
been M u in front t.f the little dwelling
house where we first Introduced our
rendiri to Jacques Qnyot and his moth
er. " I live next door there," said a car
penter In his .shirt. sleeve, and without
a hat on his iiead ; "ami my wile has
seen no one about the house these two
days."
"He promised to call at my store yes
terday,'' Saul tin: grocer, " to pay me
some money ; ami he is always prompt
m such matters."
"And he said he would call at
my shop to collect the rent," remarked
a tailor; "and he hasn't been near
siuce."
" That'snot like him," added another.
"Something's wrong when Jacques
(iuvot isn't on hand to receive themon-
An officer hew effllfCu ; and they pro
ceeded to force the lock of the front
door. There was a strong iron bolt in
side ; aud the entrance was effected
with much difficulty. Nothing was
found in the first rooni but a parrot,
which seemed to be delighted to see the
new comers. " Poor Jacques !" it said,
" poor Jacques !" Then, on seeing two
or three boys in the crowd, the bird
screamed :
" Bad hoys ; poor J act pies ! Bad boys ;
poor .J act pies ! '
For a minute or two there was a pro
found silence ; uot a stir or whisper
broke the stillness. The officers then
approached the chamber, the door of
which was slightly ajar. It was pushed
open ; and eagerly the crowd gciod into
the room. There was the old man
kneeling m front of a great iron ohcet,
his been! bent forward, ami one hand OB
the edge of the DOX, while the other
grasped an old, brown looking piece of
paper.
Then the authorities were sent for, an
investigation made, and pTOOt -" rbok
drewn up, to the effect that the defunct
had come tt) his death hy heart -disease.
The paper he held WM I very old &00
iiinent, aud so faded.that it WM scarce!
legible. The dceeast d had, apparently,
taken it out to examine it ; ami he had
written down at the close of the will
for such it was the amount of his prop
erty, end the manner in w hich it was in
vested. The officer who directed the proceed
ings was a man far advanced in years.
He had been a comrade of Jacques' in
their boyhood, but had lost sight of him
for many years. There were teen in
the old man's eyes, as he held up the in
strument, anil saitl iu a shrill and brok
en voice, to the motley group w hich had
assembled, " My friends and towns
men, here lies the body of a man whom
the whole city ridiculed and despised as
a heartless miser. The boys hooted at
him in the streets, and pelted him with
dirt and stones. People taught their
Very dogs to bark at him as he passed.
The poor upbraided him ; and tne rich
pointed the linger of scorn at him as
they rode hy in their coaches. Let me
read you his will."
He penned to wipe his spectacles,
and then la gan m a measureO tone :
" Mauskh.i.ks, August I, 177").
" When I was a child, I fell ill of a
fever, and dining my recovery Ulfered
intensely from thirst. There had been
a severe drought for many moid hs j and
the water, always poor in quality, was
almost wholly exhausted. At that time
my mother told me that many hun
dreds of the poorer class Buffered in the
same way. She also told n.e that my
father and many others had lot their
property by fire, chiefly because there
was an insufficient amount of water to
extinguish the flames. For these rea
sons I bequeath all my property of ev
ery kind, after the payment f my just
debts and of my funeral expen see, to mv
native city of Marseilles, for the pur
pose of providing waterworks which
shall supply the i ntire community fn 6
of expense. JaoQune Gtnror."
After a slight poUCC, the officer con
tinued :
"This is the original document, and
is much fadetl. What I shall now read
was apparently written on the day of
his death, and is very brief :
" Aroi-sT 1, 1835.
" By economy ami industry I have ac
quired a fortune of more than four mill
ion francs ; aud I hereby give aud be
queath the same to the object above
named. J.((,ri:s (It vor."
Such is the pathetic story of .Jacques
(iuyot, the miser of Marseilles.
The Plant- se.
The tiny, green louse aphis w hich is
the universal pest of vegetation, thriv
ing in some pert of the root, stem, or
leaf, of almost every living plant, is one
of the most extraordinary of insects.
It is minute little creature, but makes
up In numbers w hat it lacks in size. It
makes its appearance with the first leaf
that M panda in the spring, and
oontinnee its depredations until
every green thing has perished In the
autumn. The first broods of the season,
that are hatched from eggs deposited the
previous fall, consist, witbottt a single
BXOeption, Of females. These very soon
give birth to a second brood, which are
not hatched from egge, but produced
alive, ami ere also exclusively composed
of females. I.oiiuet. a famous natural
ist of the eightet nth ceiiturv, w ho made
the aphides a special object of study,
ohst rved that each virgin plcnt-louse
brings forth, OH an average, about 100
young becoming the mothi r of, per
bepe, fifteen or Iwenty in a single day.
This remarkable kind of propagation
continues through nine gent rations,
among which not a male aphis is cre
ated. Calculating the rate at which the
spin ter aphides multiply, we have, at
the end of ten broods, as the progeny
of a single louse, 1,000,000,000,000
young. Prof. Huxley says, in com
menting on this fact : "1 will assume
that an aphis weighs the one-thousandth
of a grain, which is under the
mark. A quintillion will, on tbiatooti'
mete, weigh e quadrillion ofgreina. He
is a very stOUt man w ho weighs 2,000,
um ) grains; conseqiientlyjthe tenth brood
lone, if all the mcmbeTI survive the
perils to Which they are exp s d, con
tains moi e substance than BOO, 000, 000
stout men, to say the lend more than
the whole population of China." This
estimate is based on the supposition
that the entire progeny of the plant
louse survive a circumstance w hich in
realitv never occurs. Only a pair Of
two of plant -lice, out ot the enormous
number produced iu the course of gen
erations by each individual of the first
brood, is found at the end of the season
to have CM fired the vicissitudes to
Which they are exposed. The last
brood btOUght forth in the autumn
com (irises lioth males ami females,
Which In due time are provided with
wings, and pair. The females then de
posit their eggs, ami, with the death
of themselves ami their mates, the race
becomes extinct for the season.
Tun have been many biographical
notices of the new Secretary of the
I i. asury, but Hone, I think, have men
tioned that lie was very seriously
wounded during the Into fit end WM
left on the battle -Held (at Shdoh, I
think) for dead among the .had and
mortally wounded. The horror of his
return tt) life in such a scene was
scarcely less painful than his wound.
He was MVed almost by a miracle.
WanhinqUm L:ttvr.
Ueueral Notes.
AnvERTisKMKNTB on eggs are the very
latest.
Tub Mississippi is crossed by fifteen
bridges.
cJamks QoWDOn Bennett is reputed to
be worth $10,000,900.
Hakvaiid is endeavoring to secure
Huxley as Agassi.'s successor.
Cri ikshank, the artist, has lived SI
years without so much as a drink.
I'i.oooino is said to be quite common
in young ladies' schools in ( ireat Britain.
Tuk days are nowmore than six hours
longer than the short days of December.
A LAiiv near Peoria has set out on the
mission to have the name of the United
States changed to Columbia.
Twkntv-nini years ago last month
Sir. John Franklin sailed on his last
voyage of Arctic exploration.
a
A ounxo Inch of gold is worth 146 ;
a cubic foot, $252,288 j cubic yard,
$6,811,776, The quantity of gold now
in existence, estimated to be $8,000,
000, could not be contained in a cube of
twenty-three feet.
Thkki: young ladies by the name of
Welsh, whose ages range from It! to 19,
have purchased a farm eight miles west
of Dallaa, Tex., and intend cultivating
it theniselvt s. Not a HUM, old OK young,
ood orbed looking, is permitted on the
premises.
The best time to pick out a wife is En
ho cm cleaning time, Select one with
her sleeves and skirts pinned up and a
mop pail in her hand. The kind that
you don't want go visiting ami leave
their mother! and the bind women to
do the work.
A sttdent chloroformed a valuable
dog in Troy, the other day, in order to
relieve the animal from pain while his
ears were being cut off. The operation
worked to a charm. The dog did not
even wince ami never will. The dose
of chloroform was too large.
Mm, N. VY. O&VABX, the Michigan pis
ciculturist, placed last November 111 the
State hatching boxes l,fSD0,0t)0 eggs of
the whitefiah. Ninety per cent of these
were hatched. Binoe March 28 he has
distributed 1,500,000 young Whitehall
in 191 lakes and rivers in Michigan.
A NnVADA man, w ho w as w a Iking wit h
his brother to attend his wedding, was
astonished by a proposition to take the
bride elect on I Ul hands and marry her
in his stead. With true good nature
be consented, and the proepcotive
bridegroom and groomsman changed
places to the satisfaction of all con
cerned. Hodokn, superintendent of tree
planting tor the St. Paul and Pacific
Bailway company, reports over -1,000,-
000 trees planted along the lines of that
company since he commenced work to
the spring of last year. Less than 8
per cent have failed, and the rest are
doing well. The prairie farmers along
the lines are generally following the
example.
An Irish mile if 2.250 yards ; Scotch
mile is 1,064 yerde; en English or
statute mile, 1,760 yards; German,
1,806 ; Turkish, 1,826. An acre is
4,840 square yards, or 00 yards, 1 foot,
B inches each way. A box P2 by 1 2 1
inches square, and 8 inches deep, will
contain half a bushel. A box 8 by 8f
inches square, and 8 inches deep, will
contain one peck. -V box 8 by inches
squaie, and inches deep, will con
tain one gallon. A box 7 by H inches
square, and 1 inches deep, will contain
half a gallon. A box 1 by 1 inches
Square, and i inches deep, will contain
one quart.
A bad) Lawyer,
About the year 1776 Nicholas Linguet,
the celebreed Parisian journalist and
lawyer, was at th height of his fame.
He enjoyed a great reputation for his
skill iu getting up eases, and for sur
rOUnding them With such dramatic ac
cessories as were likely to tell on the
minds Of excitable .French judges. ( h.e
day e beautiful ledy, Madame de Beth
one, came to ask ins professional serv
ices in an sotien about some lend,
Which she wished tt) bring against the
Marshal Duk - de BrogliC, a great
grandfather of the present minister.
Linguet had soeroclv beard her to the
end when he said, " You are so lovely,
medeme, that your lace is worth
speech in itself. What I il do is this
1 will write a speech. You shall leai .
it by heart, ami then rehearse it to me.
When you deliver it in court you must
be dressed in a light blue silk, the color
best suited to your style of beauty, and
if you Peek as 1 shall direct you, I de
fy any bench of Frenchmen to And for
the defendant." The event proved that
j Linguet knew human nature ami his
! own countrymen well. Madame de
! Bethune turned out the niost apt ef
: scholars, he I eei lied her speech thor
I oughly, end delivered it with ail the
gritci s of style and manner that might
. nave belonged to a flniehed m tn as It
Jested seven bonre. end seven hours she
held the judges enhanct d. She carried
, her cause without a dissenting voice.
A Moral.
A nut dropped by a squirrel fell
; through the opening in the middle ol I
j mill-stone which lay upon the ground,
and, being thus protected, grew into
thriving sapling that shot up through
the opening. In a few years it had In
j creased so that it tilled the space ami
wee firmly wedged to the sides of the
heavy stone. Still it grew, and in a lew
years, little by little, it lifted the entire
weigiii clear I nun tlie earth, so that a
man could sit bem atli it. All was done
by atom after atom, boi ne l t he sap to
the growing trunk. Think of this, my
little man, puzzling over "longdms
ion" in arithmetic; little by little of
thinking and working will take you
through fractions, rule of three, ami
thse terrible problems at the end of
the book, hy-and-by ; but be sure that
the little by little is not not neglected,
and you, hard-working lad on the farm,
or in the shops, look at Franklin, Watt,
Morse, Field, and thousands more who
have lifted tlie weight of cireumsanees
that would hold them down like mill
stenes, aud who have by their steady
perseverance risen above their fellows,
easily bearing their burdens, and M kept
pegging away."
(jermau aim! Russian Military Prepa
rations.
A Berlin correspondent ! the Lon
don 7''' w rites as follows: Military
preparations continue as briskly as
ever. Mr. Krupp, to extend Ins works,
has raised a loan of 12,000,000 tinders
and will supply the hist barrels for the
new Gserman artillery by the beginning
of next year. I iy about the same time
the whole army will be equipped with
the Mauser rifle, and the organization
of the force DC complete. need Hot
dwell upon the exertions, to tbe same
end made in Prance ; but it is, perhaps,
less known that Marshal .MaeMahon
has sent a number ot officers to Austria
to study the military arrangements of
that empire, and ascertain their proba
ble efficiency in case of an emergency.
In liussia active steps me being taken
to enforce the first gcnerel conscription
in the coming autumn. It is not a lit
tle curious that while an army of three
millions is being avowedly formed there,
nearly all the leading papers of St.
Petersburg should continue to repre
sent ( K rniany as a most bellicose na
tion, bent upon going to war with
Prance and the rest of the world oo coon
its possible. It was, indeed, hardly to
be expected that the friendly intention c
of the Bneeien Emperox toward this
Government would cierci.se more is
Auenoe upon his subjects' feelings than
in 1H70. The habit of writing down
Gormeny is too general in BneaTe ainoe
the revival of the national feeling, twentv
years ago. Jt is least likely to DC
abandoned at a time when the neigh
bor, formerly only disliked ei pedant
and an intrusive disciplinarian, becomes
en object of dreed as e soldier and a
thinker. Yet it was nut fort seen that I
few weeks alter the exchange of the
most cordial civilities between the Em
perors Alexander end William, the St.
Petersburg press would be permitted
to ehaige this country with sinister de
signs. But for the anti-German feeling
extending to lending circles this would
be impossible
The increase in the military forces in
the principal European States in the last
fifteen yeen is Ulnetrated by the follow
ing table :
Ann) MSMsStl
fur tfinuiti
ISSSl Hi', mt, yi-y. ..
Anatria lHV.t SM.OUU 4i:i,siii
AiiHina 1x74 MS,SS0 163,460
!tirMt .'.'J..'sii 1,660
ffSIHpUM ltlMlS ainl t aii-
MMS, ls.v.1 . 1,116,980 r.iu.Mo
BOfOpM ltiiMKiii aud i'au-
csras, 174 l,4u,.Ma r.io.sM
Iurreaai' j'.7,:ii 61,7M
Asiatic KuHcia, Ih.v.1 Ci,SS9 T.".,il.'ii
A-Utir BQSSiS, 1M74 llM.UiNI 87,660
Iner-ac 'Js.H.'mi 11,900
ltuh, ls.v.i 117,660 15t;,4.'
Italy, 1H74 606,008 :f.2,!XH)
taersssf 987,660 186,660
QsrStMVi 1868 888,H00 688,700
ni.uuy, 174 1,661,160 710,180
HmNSM 486,880 888,480
rranns isjsrli. 1888 64000 la.s.iM)
VSBOS ud Algeria, 1S74 877,800 616,700
InemN itaT.ino 88,700
Belgium, I BMP 80,360 ..;i,himi
Belgium, 174 08,3tfO 68,168
lniT!iK' 18,840 6,840
Holland. 1888 .,:.( I 4.V-iN
BoUsbd, M74 64,801 avmi
IinTfaw .1 ( 7 T 0
lavrcun' ' .".H'
limit Britain, 1868 346,800 77,:mi
Great Britain, ls74 478830 Tl.xtlD
I tier, um- 'SM,U'M
Decrease '.1,770
Dssossfk, 1888 .17..V.H :;,o
Denmark, ls74 4,7in 80,600
Decrease M,H.V! 7,880
!wCStt sad MorMJ, 1808 . 186801 4r.,:ii
Bwdra sb4 Norway, 1874... 304,610 64,016
sc rasas 88,610 ,;ki
A Public Bcncfacter,
The gift of dames Lick for public
purposes in California is a deed of
beneficence without parallel, and will
prove a source of bli ccing to greater
Dumber -! persons, both at present and
ill the future, than any other similar
belief action OO record. Fbe deed Vhicb
he has placed on ri cord makes the fol
lowing distribution of his property, the
gifts being made in gold to the trustees
named in the deed !
Obaarvatorr, ran mil ol the Slarra 8700,000
School for tbe Mechanic Art.-, Gal 800,
Bronsfl atatnarr, Sacramento j.'.h.imhi
Key Moatuacttt, Bu FtsooJaeo 160, i
Bathe, S;m Cranciaco 150,000
OtdjLadlM1 Home, San rranclaco 100,
Lanea' Protactit ii ;iim lleUei Societjr, Baa
Fssnctaet 96,008
ProtaatMl Orphan AayiMi, sss ITrM
SkMS 36 000
Orphan Aajrltun, San Joaa 36,000
Mechanic' L brhry, Sim rrandaco 18,0 0
Society lor tin- Prrestloa at l rnelty v
AtiiinnlH, San fMclrOO 10,000
To Academy of Scienoaa and Plonew8o
cic v, s.ci rraiiciaco, naldtu i . 'at
jperliii 988,000
Ttal 3,000,
In addition to th.'.-. gifts, the deed
provides for the expenditure of 820,000
in monuments to the memory of his
father, mother, grandfather, and sister;
886,000 in legacies to various relatives ;
end $35,000 8 year for his own support,
or such sums as he may require not to
exceed that amount. With the excep
tion of these sums, Ins huge propel ty
is devoted entirely to public purposes,
v Forgottca ltj
The late Lieut, (iarnier discovered
last years in Cambodia the rums of 8
gnat ancient city, Angcor. These
ruins are of extraordinary magnificence,
both in point of extent and of archi
tectural splendor. The sides of the
principal temple meeeure no less than
two miles and B on, ut. r in circumfer
ence, and the remains of endless roads
buried in forest and jungle, contain
monument after monument, "each, if
possible, more astonishing than the
preceding." The architecture ami
sculpture of this forgotten city exhibit
a very advanced knowledge of the aits,
and the great temple is described as
the masterpiece of some unknown
Michael Angelo. Angcor must have
been one of the greatest cities till the
globe, and yet of its history ut) account
remaiiirt. Nothing is known of its past
save that a Chinese traveler, in the year
1202, mentioned its splendor, and that
800 yean later it was referred to by
Ribodoneyre as an acieut ruiu.
I he ( apilal ei Japan.
The fact that the capital of Japan is
variously spoken of as Jedo, edo ami
Tokio b explained as follows : Formerly
the Country had two capital cities,
known to strangers as the spiritual and
temporal seats of fOVCnuncnt, which
wen respectively the reeiclrnea of the
Mikado and Tvc'ooa. These were Kio to
and Yedo, the later kuown through the
I iiiteh as Jede, but officially pro
claimed as Tokio, about seven years
since, when the Mikado abolished the
rycoonete, and aa Tenno, or Emperor
of Jupan, centralized the General Gov-
mment. Bad established his residence
at Tokio, the meaning of winch is East
ern Capital.
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I dial agent, but largely to a happy combina
I I inn fit f ii it In-' 1, with Jamaica (inik'er and
other vogetable agents. Tlio combination is
such as to make it a very pleasant remedy to
take. Taken internally, it cures Diarrhea,
Dvsentery (or Bloody Flux). Hummer Com
plaint, Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Cholera In
fantum, Colic. Cramps and Pain m the
Htomach, breaks up Colds, ('tamps, Febrile
and IntUninmtorv Attacks. 1'dieumaticm and
Neuralgia. Applied externally, it ourea
Sprains and Bruises, Frost Bites. Cbilblaius,
Felons. Bhoumattc Affections. Moulds. Burns,
Cuts. Heeralyia, Pain la Back, Boeeasei or
Htiffness of Joints. Mtinxs ami Bites of Poison
ous Ii. sects and Bsptiles, Caked Breast or
" Ague in Breast," and Bnlsrfjed (Hands: in
short, i- an unexcelled Liniment for Man aud
Beatt. It is sold by diugiits.
Wiliioit's Tone is not a panacea is
not a cure for everything, but is a cathohcon
for malarious diseases, and day by day adds
fresh laurels to its crown f glorious success.
Kngorged Livers and Spleens, along the shady
banks of our lakes and rivers, ao- re.-t,' 1 to
their healthy and normal secretions. Health
anil vigor follow its tiso, and Cliills have taken
tbeir departure from every household where
Willioft's Anti-Periodic is kept and taken.
Don't fail to try it. Wiikklock, Finlav .t
Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
Fou salk nv six Daveeavre.
Coi.rMi.es discovered America, but it has
been found that the only economical Shoes
fOf children are the celebrated SILVLli
T1PPED, Never wear out at tlie toe, and are
wortli two jiaits without Tips.
All Dealers sell them.
Tn Nona wnenoui Bonen-M 1 el Co.'s
Finished " Nail is the best in the world.
Oo to RXVZBSXSS Water Cure. Hamilton. 111.
IfOI LD NUT BE WITHOUT
VEGETIN E
FOR T li N Tl HES ITS ( nl.
'i'lif irrpat benrftt re tlrti f.in ths tin (f
VEOKTiaa tnduoaa na M my ttininy in
It la Vr. I In li . v t tn li" i,i t li iy f irrut vulue
t r rat tort 1 u h Mlth, bat a pratfaiitlTa i f iii -eaiti
pMuliar to tiio p u.n u i i i Dinar it aaoas.
t would not Sa without It fur t MtaaMai it,
l.nwiv riLBSX,
AM'rtoy us 1 OawMral AicM tor lrtf- siottaof
tua Crafttmaa'a f.lfi Aaanranca C.iuia..y, Xu. 4'J
bcin1 llt.ihiiii, ilintu, M.H,
' : x 1 1 ;ti x E
Purifies the Blood and Restores the
Health.
GENERAL DEBILITY.
In lata complaint tbt good eiTi' tu of thayasa
1 . . 'i re 1 .. 1 1 . t 1 tu iiihiI i .1 1 ri y nf -r n-tii v'
t. tuki it, hi abll ;y uanetai iiaSciaucj ol tna
iilotxt. Titers la tto ramsiy thai v ;n raatora lie
naaith frora daMllty like ' hn V Ko BT1 N K It la
naur Itbltur and strc stUanlns pariBoa tin- 1 .". t ,
rru'ii 1 itei ilia iiowala, qnlati 1 1 1 . narv na ijataan,
in ta .1 1 r icily n )nn ttia Mcrattont, a 1 1 it arnusaa Iks
arholc ayatam to acttoa. It ht never failaU in
this coin tlu I lit.
MARVELOUS EFFECT.
Ma. II. It Stkvk.uk ' ' Si I hiiv.i tic the
fraal blood ramad y . VBOR riNK.aad faal it:. !utjr
to aohnou eitaa tha grant banaSl .t h s donams,
a the nrlngi f ifca yaar IMS -jk m-k from -0
il dablllty cauaad by Tarwoik, wnwt of il
ai it pr yai raat I .n rara wauB ana muea
maelatad, i irlad atnay ram ad I ai wtllKml ra
reiving any iim lit f on n of tbant. nntll i wi
in ranadnd n ny VXOn n.v. B. B or I iuii takaa
ibis nna waak (aylraptovad cowditlon ms
raaawad bopa and oourago. I eontinna I to i it
Tryday, i;aiiinu mora ttrottgtb, ant i i mmt
r un let, iy raatorod ta baaltk. TbaaSactof tbta
ramada, In rmc of gnnaral dati'lity, i li . .
iiiarvcloiK. BLIXABaTTH A. f LET,
81 Wabstsr f traat. Obailoatowu, m..si.
May 3, IBiL
A PERFECT CURE.
c n taaasTowv, j'm 11 , in
M11 H R . "TKvtss -'.ii Sir Tkla la to certify
tbat vaesTlSB madoa aorfOot mr. of kvawbaa
my attaadlng akyalelan hai arettonaead my raaa
'i'Tiiiiiiptiiii, amt iiid f rntil.t not niir.lrr many
ilayii. NR8 I.FDsToN, Conk Strsal
The fart Mated hyMm. I.idtou are personally
known by me,aiui thor are true.
A. D. HATNE9
VciretiiK' Is Sold l) nil PrSBJgiBlB.
AUBiajTfl W A.MKD-Men nr Women. 4i
week or Sinn fcrfeite.1. T mrrti trt Wute
at once to COWKN A CO.,th St., New Yotk.
STANDARD LOTTA BUSTLE.
liiiloinai Awanl
l ly the Amrrl
nn limfliiiir ea h
year. A. W. Th. mn.
Patentee and Mannfao
tar08,for the I.iRhtest,
Sir.nfept ami most
ks-imfortaMs Dnstle
I'lie Stm. .lard LnS.a
that can be worn. Stzea
tn anil .1.1. . 6
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HI Will IK STKKKX NKW YORK.
BOI HAIK MTKKKT, F i. JVll"lia.
I YEN'S
Pocket Thotoscope.
Has u reat MAONirriao power, nsed for deterting
Counterfeit Money. Shodd y In C loth, farelirn sub
stances in the Hyp, ,,, v..n k1, , ti . and to eaam
Ine Insects, Flowers and Plants, to detect flawa
in Metals, fineness nf wood-grain; to dertphrr
writtnii otherwise Illegible, and for the Inspection
of irrain, minerals, etc. Useful for STerybody.
Double c. nves Lens, 1 1-2 inches in diameter.
Mounted la leather, and carried tn the rest
Pr1 eeO ta. two f-r 1 1 . free by mall.
U hk U sntrd Illustrated Circulars and
terms free. Address M L. HYRN, P ) R .s t B
New York Office, No. in Nassau-st. State whera
yvu taw this.
nrm ... .. w. ....
) hwomt-liainl pianoH, 125 to 200.
New KoHOWootl puuiOS, 2UU to 1100.
New Hquare Orand pianos, :)50 to C475.
Warranted to pleiute, or money refunded.
i .. Not Kali.
Do not fail to BBJMl U W, H. Stt n
ih tt, Qenetel Peeeenger Agent Chicago
Bad Northwestern railway, Chicago,
for a little book entitled " The
Northwest Illustrated." It will be sent
you '". It will slow yon where and
how to spend your Huniuier, and how to
get to " the Where."
Astonishing. Few persons are aware
Of the time, talent and expense B8BCB
ery to develop and pmfect an invention.
The new Wheeler .V Wilson No. 0 Sew
ing Machine, advertised m our column-,
bei already ooet that company over
8800,000, and BO bring it veil before
the public will require 8800,000 ire,
It OOetfl as much to design, construct
and introduce a perfect sewing machine
as to launch a tirst-class ocean steam
ship. ,
Tkxan Lands. In describing the ad
vantage Of Texas to the Ka-tt rn far-
iin r, a cotemporary says : Horses sell
at 820 tt 8ii." ; mules at $7 to 880 ; cat
tle at 88 per head, and sheep at 81 to
81.60. A tanner with 100 BOTCfl of land,
who can sell at 850 DOT acre, and thus
have a capital ol !, 000, can secureiiear
ly 1,000 acres OT choice land for less
than 81,000; to stock it well, nearly
82,000; improvements, nearly 82000.
The land requires little labor, ami in a
few years will realize a fortune.
Dr. R. V. Pierce, of the World's
DiapeiiHarv, Buffalo. N. Y., wtio&e Family
Medicines" have won golden opinions and
achieved world-wide reputation, after patient
study and much experimenting, succeeded in
perfecting a Compound Extract of Bmart-
Woed, Of Water Pepper, that is destined to
lecome as celebratd as liis other BBBdlCIBea
It owes Its efticacy uot entirely to the Hniart
V..fl wliich lituvever. is a sovereign reme-
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